§ 69. Sir W. Smithersasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether, in view of the fact that the intelligence department of the War Office has ordered the dismissal of Communist civil servants, he will arrange for similar action to be put into operation in all public departments.
§ The Financial Secretary to the Treasury (Mr. Glenvil Hall)The first part of the Question is based on a misapprehension. On the second I would refer the hon. Member to the answer given yesterday by my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister to the hon. Member for Ashford (Mr. E. P. Smith).
§ Sir W. SmithersIn view of the increasing Communist activities, and in view of the definite statements made in the Report of the Royal Commission in Canada as to activities in London, do the Government not realise that we have a deadly enemy in our midst?
§ 70. Mr. Beswickasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether instructions have been give by His Majesty's Government that members of the Communist Party should be discharged from any section of the Civil Service.
§ Mr. Glenvil HallI would refer my hon. Friend to the answer given yesterday to the hon. Member for Ashford (Mr. E. P. Smith), by my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister.